Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Background and Activities
Training Completed
National Coalition Building Institute: Welcoming Diversity Train-the-Trainer Workshop.
National Coalition Building Institute: Welcoming Diversity Workshop.
National Coalition Building Institute: Controversial Issue Process Workshop.
PASSHE LGBTQIA Consortium: LGBTQIA Safe Zone Train-the-Trainer Workshop.
LGBTQ/Queer
LGBTQ/Queer tuba recitals given in Scotland, Canada, and throughout the United States.
Queer presentations at multiple national conferences and universities.
Co-founder of the state-wide Pennsylvania System of Higher Education LGBTQ Consortium that represents the interests of over 100,000 faculty, staff, and students.
Formed Erie Gay Pride that is now the non-profit Greater Erie Alliance for Equality. It provides training and resources to the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
As a tenured associate professor at PennWest-Edinboro:
Founded and served as co-chair of the President’s LGBTQ Commission
Advised Identity – the student gay/straight alliance
Co-founded and directed the Safe Zone Program
Trainer, Safe Zone Program Levels I & II
Co-directed the PennWest-Edinboro LGBTQ Lecture Series
Co-founded and co-directed the PennWest-Edinboro LGBTQ Heritage Month
Developed and taught the first LGBTQ-focused course in PennWest-Edinboro’s curriculum, “Music, Gender, and Identity.”
Women’s Studies
Board Member, International Women’s Brass Conference [www.myiwbc.org].
Founding member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, IWBC.
Former Executive Director, International Women’s Brass Conference.
At PennWest-Edinboro, activities included service as:
Co-chair of the Women’s History Month Committee
Co-chair of the Women’s Studies Committee
Member of the Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee
Member of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women
BBIPOC Music and Music History
Board Member, Burleigh Legacy Alliance [www.burleighlegacyalliance.org].
Arts Administration Consultant, Chromatic Brass Collective, [www.chromaticbrass.org].
Administrative Director, National Conference, “The Heritage and Legacy of Harry T. Burleigh.”
Keynote Address: Dr. Samuel Floyd, Director of the Center for Black Music Research.
Presentations published in a special issue of the Black Music Research Journal devoted entirely to the conference [Black Music Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004].
Performances featured the Morehouse College Glee Club, soprano Dr. Louise Toppin, tenor Dr. William Brown, and the McIntosh County Shouters.